diff --git a/ts/session/sending/MessageQueue.ts b/ts/session/sending/MessageQueue.ts
index f1c3a5525..465dfb91a 100644
--- a/ts/session/sending/MessageQueue.ts
+++ b/ts/session/sending/MessageQueue.ts
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ import { PubKey } from '../types';
 import { MessageSender } from '.';
 import { MultiDeviceProtocol, SessionProtocol } from '../protocols';
 import { UserUtil } from '../../util';
-import promise from 'redux-promise-middleware';
 
 export class MessageQueue implements MessageQueueInterface {
   public readonly events: TypedEventEmitter<MessageQueueInterfaceEvents>;
diff --git a/ts/test/session/sending/MessageQueue_test.ts b/ts/test/session/sending/MessageQueue_test.ts
index 813ae20c6..c0d223ffc 100644
--- a/ts/test/session/sending/MessageQueue_test.ts
+++ b/ts/test/session/sending/MessageQueue_test.ts
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ describe('MessageQueue', () => {
         });
         await expect(promise).to.be.fulfilled;
       }
-    });
+    }).timeout(15000);
 
     describe('events', () => {
       it('should send a success event if message was sent', async () => {
diff --git a/ts/test/session/sending/PendingMessageCache_test.ts b/ts/test/session/sending/PendingMessageCache_test.ts
index dd6544364..128947bdb 100644
--- a/ts/test/session/sending/PendingMessageCache_test.ts
+++ b/ts/test/session/sending/PendingMessageCache_test.ts
@@ -109,11 +109,14 @@ describe('PendingMessageCache', () => {
 
     await pendingMessageCacheStub.add(device, message);
     await timeout(5);
-    await pendingMessageCacheStub.add(
+    const one = await pendingMessageCacheStub.add(
       device,
       TestUtils.generateChatMessage(message.identifier)
     );
-    await pendingMessageCacheStub.add(TestUtils.generateFakePubKey(), message);
+    const two = await pendingMessageCacheStub.add(
+      TestUtils.generateFakePubKey(),
+      message
+    );
 
     const initialCache = await pendingMessageCacheStub.getAllPending();
     expect(initialCache).to.have.length(3);
@@ -125,6 +128,7 @@ describe('PendingMessageCache', () => {
 
     // Verify that the message was removed
     expect(finalCache).to.have.length(2);
+    expect(finalCache).to.have.deep.members([one, two]);
   });
 
   it('can get devices', async () => {